Symonds Yat railway station
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Symonds Yat Tunnel
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| Location | |
| Place | Symonds Yat |
| Area | Herefordshire |
| Grid reference | SO561157 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Ross and Monmouth Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 4 August 1873 | Opened |
| 5 January 1959 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Symonds Yat railway station is a disused railway station on the Ross and Monmouth Railway constructed on the banks of the River Wye in Symonds Yat East.
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Opened in 1873, it consisted of two platforms and a timber station building on the down platform, it closed in 1959 with the closure of the line.[1] The railways were at first used as a quick means of bringing the boats back from Chepstow.[2]
In the 1950s there was a 'camping coach' at the station; an early form of self-catering accommodation which used converted redundant railway carriages for occupation by holiday makers who could arrive and depart by train. Today the station site has long been leveled but the foundations of the station building and platforms remain and the area now forms a car parking area for a local hotel inn.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Hadnock Halt | Ross and Monmouth Railway British Railways |
Lydbrook Junction | ||
References
- ↑ B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch, 1982, ISBN 0-85361-530-6
- ↑ Kissack, K. , Monmouth the making of a county town, 1975, p.255, phillimore & co. LTD, London
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